Ancient History By groovy dead guy 4000 BCE First Ironwork Period: 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE Sumerian Cuneiform Period: 2550 BCE to 2490 BCE Construction of Great Pyramid of Giza Period: 1620 BCE to 1540 BCE Minoan Civilisation Destroyed by eruption on Santorini Period: 1260 BCE to 1180 BCE Trojan War 700 BCE First use of money/coins 551 BCE Birth of Confucius Period: 492 BCE to 490 BCE Darius’ Invasion of Greece 447 BCE Building of the Parthenon Period: 336 BCE to 323 BCE Alexander the Great conquerors Persia Period: 221 BCE to 206 BCE Establishment of Han Dynasty Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE 2nd Punic War Period: 100 BCE to 650 Establishment of Teotihuacan Period: 58 BCE to 50 BCE Caesar Conquers Gaul Period: 73 to 74 Siege of Masada 79 Eruption of Mt Vesuvius buries Pompeii 279 Celts Sack Delphi 380 Christianity adopted as official Roman Religion 476 Fall of Rome